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Loveland Loves BBQ brings music, food and fun downtown

Reporter-Herald staff

Posted:
07/07/2012 12:17:51 PM MDT

Barbecue's not the only tasty treat to be found at the Loveland Loves BBQ event. Here Tyson Fancher takes a bite of funnel cake while his sister Kali and dad Tim Fancher look on during last year's event.
( Steve Stoner )

Barbecue, music and fun will highlight some of the events going on in the Loveland area this week.

Sunday

Program explores wildfire effects and benefits

Boyd Lake State Park will talk about "Fire: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of It" at 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the swim beach at the park at 3720 N. County Road 11C, Loveland.

All aspects of wildfire will be discussed, from the terrible effects it has on people to the benefits it provides to the ecosystem.

Loveland Loves BBQ will return to downtown for a two days of grilled goodness.

The free-admission event is open to the public from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, July 13, and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, between Cleveland and Railroad avenues and Fourth and Fifth streets. The event includes a new band every hour, culminating with the headliner That Eighties Band on Saturday night.

It also features barbecue, beers, a kids' area with amusements, shopping marketplace and on Saturday a car show.

The event will benefit the House of Neighborly Service and the Larimer County Boys and Girls Club.

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